Soap holder for brushes



-May 29, 1928. 1,671,348

v. F. cRl-:EGAN

SOAP HOLDER FOR BRUSHES Filed March 6, 1926 2 Sheets-Sheet l gwwmlfoz V/NNIE F. CREEGAN automa,

May 29, 1928.

V. F. CREEGAN SOAP HOLDER FOR BRUSHES Filed March 6, 1926 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Patented May 29, 1928.

raras acusa' son? HOLDER non BRUSHES.

Application aloanaroh s, 192s. soi-iai No. 92,876.

r My invention relates to and has for its purpose the provision of an extremely simple and inexpensive device capable of being readily applied to various forms of bruhes, such as bathV and dish washing brushes,

either fountain or plain, and which is operable to securely retain a cake of soap in such position on the brush as to permit by'manipulati'on of the brush the application of soap to the surface of the objectbeing cleaned, and yet allowing the normal use of the brush in scrubbing the surface following the application of soap thereto.

'It is also a purpose of my invention to f provide a soap holder for brushes which is readily detachable from the brush in the event it is desired to not use the holder,

and a holder which is adjustable to receive and firmly hold soap cakes of various sizes. I will describe only one form of brush and one form of soap holder each embodying 4my invention, and will then point out the novel features thereof in claims.

In the drawings l Figure 1 is a view showing in plan one form of brush and one form of soap holder, each embodying my invention; v

Figure 2 is a section taken on the line 2-2 of Figure 1; j

Figure 3 is a view similar to Figure 2, showing the position of the soap holder just vprior to its movement to lockedy position; Figures 4 and 5 are sectional views taken on the lines 4-4 `and 5 5, respectively, of Figure 2, with Figure 5 disclosing the expanding tool embodying my invention yin applied position to the soap holder. Similar reference characters refer to similar parts in each of the several views of the drawings.

Referring specifically to the drawings, my invention in its present lembodiment comprises a brush which in the present instance is shown as a fountain bath brush, 4and it comprises a handle 15 including a ferrule 16 provided with an opening 17 and a brush head including a twisted wire frame shaped to provide spaced parallel portions 18 and bristles 19 secured to the frame so "as to form a substantially U-shaped brush head. The handle 15 is bored tol receive a pipe20. This pipe, as shown in Figure 2, extends through the ferrule 16, with a perforated portion 20a extending between the parallel portionsV 1801c the frame so as to'be disposed between the parallel portionsy of the bristles 19.

The soap holder in the present'instance comprises a single sheet of suitable resilient metal, such as steel or brass,` shaped to providea body portion y21, from one end of 22 offset with respect to the body portion `which extends a transversely curved. shank and having on its free end a latching iinger 23. The body portion is stamped to provide .tworeversely disposed grooves 24 and 25, the confronting ends of which are separated by a transversefslot 26. These two grooves co-operate to provide a channel for the reception of the pipe extension 20a; in a manner clearly illustrated in Figure 3.'

on tho longitudinal ana-.Sv of thol body portion 21 upstanding and converging jaws 27 are formed, Athe free longitudinal edges of `rwhich are inturned and serrated, as indicated at 28, so` that when the jaws are placed under tension the serrated'edges will operate to irmly clamp a cake of" soap.

These jaws are formed with'openings 29l ink which are received offset lugs 3() formed in the ends of a pair of arms 31 connected by a kleaf spring 32 and constituting an expanding tool by which the jaws can be manually kmoved to expanded position as shown in- Figure 5. j y

In practice, the soap holder` is slipped over the free 'end of the pipe extension 20a so that the latter is received in the grooves 24 and 25. when the ysoap holder may be moved along the pipe extension in the direction of the ferrule until the latching finger 23 is opposite thel opening 17l of the ferrule, as

clearly shown in Figure 3. The channel` formed in the grooves 24 and 25 is such that the soap' holder normally occupies the` inclined position shown in' Figure 3, so that in order tol move the latching linger `into 4the 22 downwardly fas indicated by the arrow in Figure 3 against the tendency of the soap holder to occupy the inclined position. 'In

this operation the grooved portionsof the soap holder are placed under tension, and it l 'opening 17-it is' necessary to press the shank x lou j l soap in edgewise position sothat'"uponre-` return to its inclined position.y

Thus the soap holder now occupies the position shown in Figurel 2, inV which it is irmly but releasably secured against movement on the brush. By applying the expanding tool to y the soap holder-fas shown in FigureA 5, the jaws 27 may he expanded to receive a cake of lease of the jaws they will return to normal f! position and thus embed their' serrated edges inthe `cake of soap, as shown in Figure 4,

rtofrmly clamp the soap to the holder. j The soap' is thus positioned in projecting rela. yltion to one side of the brush head so that jby imanipulation ot the brush the soap can lhe .applied tc the body, Yand following such v:application the reverse side of the brush liead can. be used in the usual manner.

Ifit is vdesired to remove the soap holder from thebrush itis only necessary to move the holder forwardly on the brush until the flatching finger disengagestheferrule, when the, linger -wi'll spring to thevposition shown .inFigure `3, so that the holder can be moved forwardly alongkthe pipey extension and inally removed from the `.tree end of the latter.

Although Ihave herein shown and described only one form of brush and oneform yo'fsoap holder each 'embodying my invention, it is ,to be understood that various v vchanges and lmodifications maybe made v on the extension.

therein-without departing 'from the spirit of the invention,'and the scope and spirit of the appended'claiin's.

I claim: i

l. `In combination, a brushy having a handle andan extension projecting from the handle and disposed adjacent the bristles of the brush, and a soap'holder comprising means for holding acake ot' soap, means on the `soap holding means by which the latter is attached to the extension, and coactingmeans 4on the soap holding means and handle by ywhich said holding means is .secured in fixed position on the extension.`

2. jIn combination,a brush having a handle andan extension projecting from the handle and disposed adjacent the bristles of the brush, and asoap holder comprising means for holding a cake ofl soap, means on the soa-p 'holding means by which the latterris a-ttached to the extension, vresilient means lon said holding means, and coacting'means on the resilient means and handle adapted to secure said holding means in 'iiXed position 3. In combination, a ybrush having a i handle, arferrule-'ontherhandle and-provided with an opening, aan extension projecting from the handle and disposed adjacent the bristles of the brush, and a soap holderl comprising means for clamping a cake of soap, means on the clamping means by which the latter is attached to the extension, and means on the 'clamping means "coactingl .with `the `errule opening to secure the soap holder in fiXedposi-tion on the extension.

t.` In combination, handle,'a ferri'i'le on the handle and provided with an opening, an extensionjprojecting lfrom the handle and disposed adjacent the bristles ot' the brush. anda soap holderfcomprising means `ier. clamping a* cake of soap,

means on the clamping means'bywhich'the a brush having a` latter is attached to the eXtension,and rerising means for clam in@ a cakeotsoa means on the clamping means by'which'the latter isattached tothe extension, and resilient means on the clamping means-having a latching linger capable of latchin'g engage- -nient with said erruleopening upon iiexing of the resilient means so as to utilize the tension set up by such leXure to secure/the clamping means inlixed'position on the eX- .tension 6'. A soap 1101691 Comprising a lbodylpor" Ation having jaws between which a cake of soap is adapted tobe gripped, a sleeve on the body in which an extension projecting `from a brush handle, isadapted to be received so asto attach tlie body to the extension, a shank extending from the body,rand

vlatching means on the shank adapted to coact with the handle of the brush in -a manner to secure the holder in fixed positioneon the extension. i V

7. A soap Aholder comprising a body portion of U form constituting.resiliently connected jaws between which a cake, of soa-p isadapted to be gripped,` said body yportion beingslotted and provided with a pair of rreversely kdisposed, grooves arranged in end to'end relation atopposite sid-es of the'slot yand havingtheir confronting ends terinilia-ting at said slot, the grooves col-operating fto delinea sleeve, 'a shank extending from vone end o-the bodyvportion, and a latching finger on the free'end ofthe shank- Y V-INNI-E F. GREEGAN 

